Janczyk tipped to 'go very far'
Friday, July 21, 2006
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Group A reaction: Poland coach Michał Globisz and his Belgian opposite number Marc Van Geersom were united in praise for hat-trick hero Dawid Janczyk.
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Poland coach Michał Globisz and his Belgian counterpart Marc Van Geersom were united in praise for the talents of Dawid Janczyk after the Legia Warszawa striker's hat-trick earned his side a resounding win that revived the hosts' hopes in UEFA European Under-19 Championship Group A. Also bouncing back from losing their opening fixture were the Czech Republic, whose coach Miroslav Soukup hailed the fighting spirit of his players against Austria. uefa.com collects the reaction.
POLAND 4-1 BELGIUM
Michał Globisz, Poland coach
We played very well. Every section of my team - defence, midfield and attack - put in a lot of hard work to achieve this victory. The players were extremely motivated and played out of their skins to win this match, which was really their last chance. We started very well which was important and today we had a tremendous striker in David Janczyk. His goals improved the team's fighting spirit as his colleagues tried to follow him and it created a base for the final success.
Marc Van Geersom, Belgium coach
Poland changed their system today and we couldn't cope with it. In their first game Poland played very defensively, but against us a second striker was added and the midfield was organised better as well. We could not create enough chances, were not aggressive enough and did not perform well as a team. In the second half we made two substitutions and had the chance to take a grip of the game, but we didn't really manage to do that. At 3-1 I believed we could come back, but their fourth goal on the counterattack put an end to our fightback. Obviously Dawid Janczyk's performance also made a difference. He has excellent qualities and although we knew them, our defenders were unable to stop him. If he continues with these kind of performances, he can go very far.
AUSTRIA 1-3 CZECH REPUBLIC
Miroslav Soukup, Czech Republic coach
We knew it would be a tough game and Austria would be hard opponents; we saw their first game, against Poland in Poznan, and we prepared thoroughly. We knew they would be very solid in defence but we managed to score three goals so we can be pleased. Maybe you won't believe me but in attack we played the same as against Belgium, although in defence we didn't make the same terrible mistakes. I would like to thank my team because we were in a tough situation after losing the first match and today they showed what they're made of.
Paul Gludovatz, Austria coach
I would like to congratulate the town of Swarzedz for providing us with perfect surroundings and also the Czech Republic. It was a good match, clearly the Czechs were a class above us and psychologically we fell short - it was too much for us. The result was a fair one; the Czechs are a good team, you could see that in the first match when of the four goals that Belgium scored three of them came from Czech mistakes. I am not too disappointed, however, we are still in there competing.